I'm only 63, but have a brother who's 7 yrs older than me & is/ was a huge music if the 60's/70's so I got it all!!it was an incredible & interesting time for music finding it's psychedieic, country style, hard rock, & all the progress being made in equipment, all the different minds putting out great music!!!!!!
65. Now.......met Melanie in the village Washington Square park new York......she was warm, sweet, playing guitar and we all sang along...🎼🎶🎵🌻🌻🌹✌️✌️❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹🕊️🕊️🕊️ beautiful lady spirit soul and memories....🪻🌺🌷💐from Sunshine 🌞🌻♾️✌️
freds rox Will be 66 in Oct(2018), and proud to still be a hippie.....the music is still mesmerizing, gives me an inner peace....maybe walking on a beach, full moon just above the horizon, a taste of the salt air on a warm breeze......tokin on a just enough Panama Red.......the frosting on the cake!-----------just my 2 cents. Live long, Fred....even though I don't know you, I have a peaceful, easy feeling that you are alright in my book. Keep on rockin brother!!! Later.
billy smith Good for you, billy!!! Too bad he's a racist, womanizing, narcissistic, hyper violent, "pussy grabbing", chronic liar, draft-dodging, douchebag. Otherwise, he's an ok guy. In My Opinion.
Melanie and her music are still very special to us both after all these years. I remember hearing her for the first time on late night commercial radio that played underground stuff. I went and bought 'Born to Be' and that was the start of a life long love affair. Saw her live at the Isle of Wight and she was singing as the sun came up on that Sunday morning. That moment is very precious and I think it was the most magical experience I've ever had.
"cryin" -- me too! It's one of the most beautiful and saddest songs ever! Look what they done to my dreams, nation, schools, my Earth ... Sing a frightening song cheerfully, because we cannot let THEM take away our joy!!
I was born in 1980 and my mom was born in 1960 so I was blessed to have a mother and my grandparents who exposed me to a variety of music from even further back then the 60's which gave me an appreciation for the love of all music. This is the first time I've heard this song and I love it!
I had the great pleasure and privilege of spending a few moments with Melanie in the geodesic dome at Glastonbury Fair in 1971. She was even more beautiful than her voice. As you might imagine, this was an amazing encounter for a hippy boy from London. God bless you, Melanie, and thank you for all your time-hallowed songs, from a fellow Aquarian peace traveller.
Melanie Safka was way ahead of her age --- bringing her guitar to 8th grade and serenading the class. We didn't know what a hippie was, but she sure was different. Beautiful voice!
Melanie made her first public appearance at age of 4 on the radio show "Live Like A Millionaire," singing "Gimme a Little Kiss". That was in 1951. Her mother was an Italian jazz singer mother, Pauline "Polly" Altomare Safka-Bertolo.
@@LadyPlatinumiiys How right you are. They say if you don't like the ones in control, vote them out. Ha, ha. What a joke! Trade one set of crooks for another! 😖😖😖😊😣😣
The music of the time when I was a much younger man. Seems people my age are dropping like flies. Thank you, Melanie, for the music that contributed to many a good time. Godspeed.
This song has a lot of powerful memories for many people. Mine is just when my wife and I lost our house. The removal man was playing this when we had to pack our stuff and leave. 2 months later we got in our feet and moved in to a home that we call our own now.
Just found your Post and i'm thinking of you and your lady and hoping everything's good now. My good friends are about to to kicked into the street and lose the Theatre that has been in their family for over 70 years. Pray for them please. Larry and Genie. Theatre 80 St Marks Place NYC.
My heart, my soul, were so tragically mauled when I came back from the Nam, that I would never have guessed I would live to old age. US cities were burning, what few heroes left to me had bean assassinated, and hate washed into every crevice of society. It wuz a time of unspeakable tragedy. And yet, there wuz a a wave of writers and performers that not only found their voice in expressing the delima of those days by speaking to what some of us could only feel, but solidly put the light on those tragedies. Thatz why I survived my own terrified youth.
Remarkable story none of us should have to live through that.the home coming welcome was shamful.we all embrace those who served all enlisted were/are hero's in my book thank you sir
Wow ,what history man ,the day of the flower child and the barrel of a gun.i have that picture,the whole thing is summed up in that picture the gun -the war the flower-the fragile psyche of the human condition.lets not get there again?
Know what you mean. I came home from Vietnam in July 1969, was with L-4/11, 1st Marine Division southwest of Danang. Doing ok now, 2020, at 77 but the first few years back were real hard since I tried so hard for so long to believe in the war. Semper Fi ! Glad you made it back!
I remember her, when she came alone on stage, in the wee wee hours of the last day at the Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 with the sun rising, shinning on her face and singing Beautiful People. I never forget this magic moment.
I was a little girl when Melanie's music came out on the radio, I loved her then and I still LOVE her, I could listen to her 24/7 and never get TIRED of her, Her voice is SPECIAL and I get chills when she sings, VERY FEW ARTISTS ARE ABLE TO DO THAT BUT SHE DOES ,KEEP ON KEEPING ON MELANIE, A FAN FOREVER ✌👍🎼🎤🙂💜❣
With 43 in 2023 I'm definetely a kid in here. For me it's a song I listened to as a ver ysmall kid; it was on the Flower Power double CD complilation my mum had. That CD probalby shaped my taste in music more than anything else.
My mom loved this song when I would sing it in french...she was so proud that I was learning french in high school. She also could relate to the words in english, as they are true to life.
I am 70 now and it doesn't matter much. It is inside that counts. I still get that mixed feeling of anger and frustration when I hear Candles in the Rain. She was one of a kind.
I woke up with this song going round in my head, but due to an illness, I have a very bad memory. To help my memory and motor actions I took up playing a ukulele, and I thought this song would be great for me to learn. It took me a while to find the right site, to find the chords, and I'll never be able to give it the full Melanie treatment, but I'm definately gonna try!
As a kid in the Sixties I loved this woman's voice,never knew what she looked like until the Woodstock concert on channel 13.When I finally saw her,I was truly in love.
Loved this song back in the day. Melanie had such a wonderful raspy voice, and still does. I fell in love with her, with Brand New Key. From that day forward i was hooked on her music. She was a love guru back in the hippie days. Great memories.
I love every women singer from this era, everyone of them had a distinct voice you could recognise,..these days it's a guessing game as to who's singing they all sound the same
Fortunately the younger gen. are bucking the trend ... Grace Vanderwaal, Billie Eilish and last - but by no means the least, even though she is the youngest, Angelina Jordan.
when i was like 10,i listened every song she put out i even play her style, but only with the 4 basic chords.she was never drugged not even at woodstock. her mom was by her side
Saw Melanie at the Rainbow, Finsbury Park in early 70s....did two encores...house lights went on...nobody walked out...house lights went out again...she did 3rd encore....wonderful...and so underrated.
Look what they've done to my song, ma Look what they've done to my song Well, it's the only thing that I could do half right And it's turning out all wrong, ma Look what they've done to my song Look what they've done to my brain, ma Look what they've done to my brain They picked it like a chicken bone And I think I'm half insane, ma Look what they done to my song I wish I could find a good book to live in Wish I could find a good book Will if I could find a real good book I'd never have to come out and look at What they've done to my song La da da da da da da da La da da da da da da da La da da da da da da da La da da da da da Look what they've done to my song But maybe, it'll all be all right, ma Maybe, it'll all be okay Well, if the people are buying tears I'll be rich someday, ma Look what they've done to my song Ils ont change ma chanson, ma Ils ont change ma chanson C'est la seule chose que je peuz faire Et ce n'est pas bon, ma Ils ont change ma chanson Look what they've done to my song, ma Look what they've done to my song, ma Well, they tied it up in a plastic bag Turned it upside down, ma Look what they've done to my song Ils ont change ma chanson, ma Ils ont change ma chanson C'est la seule chose que je peuz faire Et ce n'est pas bon, ma Ils ont change ma chanson Look what they've done to my song, ma Ma, look what they've done to my song It's the only thing I could do all right And they turned it upside down, oh ma Look what they've done to my song
She's coming to London - and I am going to see her for the first time! The first album i've ever bought was "The good book" in the early 70' - and now I'm going to see her 😀😍💕
This gal was so hip back in her day! Her vocals were sublime, she was totally gorgeous looking, she was highly intelligent, and here's the best bit - she never ever took herself too seriously. That's why today's gals just so can't match her.
Really, that's a stupid comment. Why today's gals just can't match her? What is the point of that comment? And who says Melanie didn't take herself seriously? Of course she did. She was a serious musician. You think you're complimenting her, but it's really an insult. Here's a clue: women musicians, including today's, take their work seriously.
I WILL ALWAYS BE A HIPPIE. WOW 😯 DYNAMITE FEMALE SINGER EVER! ABSOLUTELY 🌈🌹🌈 AWESOME and BEAUTIFUL!!!🌹🕊🌹🕊🌹🕊🌹🕊🌹🕊🌹🕊🌹🕊🌹🕊 PEACE ☮✌☮ and LOVE!!!🌹🕊🌹 MELANIE ROCKS!!!❤💜❤💜❤💜❤💜❤💜❤💜❤💜❤💜❤💜❤
I'm old and live in the country these days. What a hoot life was back in the day. All day concerts. Friends actually stood together and stood for a reason. Kids, learn a lesson: get along, laff, look after each other and Ma Nature, know that YOU can make a difference in this world, apologize when you're wrong, stand up for yourself when you're right, respect and kindness can go a long way. My personal favorite? Hug a dog!
Melanie Safka--face of an angel. Voice that belongs with a guitar and a campfire. Woodstock, Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Strawberry Fields Festival and the Ilse of Wight Festival. She was a shooting star in the late 60s through the 70s. Nobody seems to know how to make music like that anymore.
Childhood memories of hippy teachers who'd all just returned from the hippy trail to India, playing the guitar and singing in class with another brewing every variety of tea imaginable after returning from visiting Sai Baba's ashram and instructing us in meditation. The school play even used Pink Floyd albums as backing tracks. (To this day I wonder if someone sat there next to the volume switch to edit out the swearing !) Melanie sums up that entire period for me.
Brad Stephan sie kam neulich. Fernsehen. Ihr Sohn hat sie begleitet. Der schaute sie dauernd ganz freundlich und sympathisch an. Ist wohl eine nette Mutter geworden.
I love her music. It's rare that you find good folk singers these days. + I love that she wasn't sexualized or dehumanized by the standards of society to make women popular. She was and still is a amazing.
scott pete lol Good to know. I'm usually into Ingrid Michaelson, so she's the first folk singer I truly liked. Her music just caught my attention. I'm 21...so my knowledge about this music is pretty minimal. I suppose that's why I felt so funny saying, "these days."XD
Ahhhhhh !!! The Memories, waiting endlessly for the radio stations to play my song Mom. 🎶 It's back , it's back again Ma🎶 🎶 Look, My songs on Ma🎶 We love you Melanie And that Key to your brand new pair of Roll Skates too.🙋♂️♥️ Absolute Wonderfull sounds Love it
I met Melanie after her concert in Passaic NJ. My buddy Jerry Sasso opened a restaurant-hang-out in the vicinity and there she was joining us as if she was part of our little world. The music brings back a lot of memories.
